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Steve Spitzer is the Managing Shareholder of Cowles & Thompson's Tyler office, where he maintains a litigation practice, representing individuals involved in probate disputes and planning, and representing business owners.  In the probate litigation area, he helps clients who have disputes in the areas of wills and estates, guardianship, trusts and heirship.  For businesses, he works with them in the areas of preventing litigation and disputes, and when disputes arise, handling them in the most cost-efficient manner.  Representation in this area includes contract disputes, vendor and supplier agreement issues, corporate formation disputes, partnership disputes and lawsuits againt the business by customers.

The first three years of Mr. Spitzer's practice were spent in Cowles & Thompson's Dallas office, where he worked from 1989 to 1992.  An Athens native, he moved back to East Texas in 1993 to join the Firm's Tyler office.  Steve was named a shareholder in 1994, becoming the youngest person to be named shareholder in the history of the Firm.

Mr. Spitzer has litigated many types of cases in his almost twenty years of practice, and has represented many individuals as well as corporations of all sizes.  He has served as the first chair attorney in over two dozen jury trials, and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.